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Especially when you're a grad student with only $10 Canadian to your name.
Yesterday the Post-Graduate Student Society had a free wine and cheese night for first year grad students. It was held, of course, at Thomson House, the house reserved for McGill graduate students. We have our own restaurant and bar there. Because we are awesome.
Today the Education Graduate Student Society had a free lunch. Pizza, chips, and soda aren't as fancy as wine and cheese, but, hey, I'll take it. I like pizza. (I need to find a good pizza place around here. And a good place to get a cheeseburger.)
After the free lunch I headed to the bank to open up a new account. Since I'm a student I can actually get a freechecking chequing account. Usually, chequing accounts have a monthly fee here. Because I was opening a new account, I also could waive the annual fee for a student VISA card, which apparently has a rewards program, so that's pretty cool. The woman who helped me open my account was really nice and gave me extra free checks so I would have enough for my rent checks without having to buy checks just yet. I also got a free pen and a free t-shirt. All the free stuff is good though, because I still won't have any money for 15 days. Since all the money I had to deposit in my account was in US dollars, I have to wait for the checks to clear. Until then I can have 100 bucks.
Which brings me to textbooks... I don't think the $100 I can withdraw and the $10 in my wallet are going to do it. So tonight I schlepped over to the library to take advantage of the textbooks on three hour reserve. The library is always free! There's even a copy of the course pack for one of the classes, which I'm not sure lots of people know is there, since she didn't mention it in class or write it on the syllabus. Maybe I just won't bother buying it, even when I'm not broke.
Yesterday the Post-Graduate Student Society had a free wine and cheese night for first year grad students. It was held, of course, at Thomson House, the house reserved for McGill graduate students. We have our own restaurant and bar there. Because we are awesome.
Today the Education Graduate Student Society had a free lunch. Pizza, chips, and soda aren't as fancy as wine and cheese, but, hey, I'll take it. I like pizza. (I need to find a good pizza place around here. And a good place to get a cheeseburger.)
After the free lunch I headed to the bank to open up a new account. Since I'm a student I can actually get a free
Which brings me to textbooks... I don't think the $100 I can withdraw and the $10 in my wallet are going to do it. So tonight I schlepped over to the library to take advantage of the textbooks on three hour reserve. The library is always free! There's even a copy of the course pack for one of the classes, which I'm not sure lots of people know is there, since she didn't mention it in class or write it on the syllabus. Maybe I just won't bother buying it, even when I'm not broke.
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